Schmincke Horadam Watercolors, Atoll Blue (Signature Edition)

Schmincke Signature 2025: Atoll Blue

Schmincke, the legendary German color house, is always in conversation with artists. From its early history in the 19th century, Schmincke has made custom colors at the request of individual artists. Today, the company frequently collaborates with artists to develop new and special colors; Signature Edition watercolors represent the best of these encounters.

This is ATOLL BLUE, a much-requested, intensely bright turquoise color. This difficult-to-photograph color lies outside the standard RGB color space that's used in computer monitors, so it looks much more saturated and greenish in real life.

Atoll Blue is made from a mixture of two potent pigments: phthalo turquoise, which gives Atoll Blue its bright, highly staining cyan undertone, and cobalt green, which adds texture and depth. Thanks to this cleverly proportioned recipe, Atoll Blue is both dramatic and realistic; try it in your next tropical landscape.

15 mL tube in Schmincke Signature Edition box. Made in Germany.

Available for a limited time only.

About Schmincke Horadam Watercolors:

Schmincke Horadam watercolors are among the world's finest professional-grade colors. First patented in 1892 by Schmincke co-founder Josef Horadam and continuously improved over more than a century of effort, Horadam watercolors are vibrant, smooth, and easy to apply to any kind of watercolor paper. Only the best artist pigments are used for the 140 colors that make up today's Horadam lineup. They're milled until the paint becomes creamy and utterly consistent, and each color shines in its pan when water is applied.

Even the process of filling Horadam pans is special. Each pan is liquid-filled from the same watercolor that's in Horadam tubes, then allowed to dry four times in a process that takes several weeks from start to finish. The result is an incredibly concentrated dry pan that reactivates instantly when you touch it with a wet brush. Scrub a little bit and you'll have intense color, ready to apply to your notebook or pad.